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Dentist to swim the English Channel – without having to quarantine!

​Dentist Jim Lafferty is preparing to take the plunge and swim the English Channel to raise funds for Dentaid.

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This dental charity needs dental nurses now!

Abigail Goodyear is head dental nurse at Beacon Dental Care in Hereford and fundraising officer with the charity, Dental Mavericks. Here, she talks...

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A pioneer in dental nursing

Louise Belfield is a trustee for the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses. Here, she shares her career journey – from dental nurse to lecturer...

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You've got this

Newly qualified dental nurse and mum of one, Gemma Forsythe, works for MyDentist in their Stunning Smiles practice in Portadown, a small town in...

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A dental nurse by any other name

Strive to be the best assistant you can be… Helen Needham talks about titles and responsibilities

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DENTAL NURSING EXCLUSIVE: How to prepare for a second wave of COVID-19

Having been one of the first dental nurses to have experienced a second lockdown whilst working in Leicester, Louise Smith, of the Society of British...

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‘When I look at my dry, sore and bruised face, it makes me want to cry’ – a dental nurse shares her experience of wearing PPE in a heatwave

A dental nurse has revealed the devastating effects of wearing PPE in the hot weather and is urging colleagues to ‘be prepared’ so they can cope with...

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Alcohol and dentistry

Dental hygienist and therapist Sarah Thomson offers a sobering account of her journey – from suspension by the GDC due to her active alcoholism to...

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Pregnant during lockdown

Hulya Colak works in an NHS practice in Thanet in Kent. Here, she talks to Eloise Meldrum about her ‘lockdown’ pregnancy and how it might affect her...

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My role as an NHS Test and Trace worker

Dental nurse and newly qualified dental hygienist Sarah Hartle rapidly switched her professional plans in response to the urgent need for NHS Test and...

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PPE report on female healthcare workers: 'Apparently masks for smaller faces don’t exist!'

A new report which looks at how hospital PPE supplied to protect against the threat of COVID-19 has found that women experience significantly more...

Dental nurse power

Rebecca Power works as a dental nurse at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the maxillofacial and orthodontic department. Here, she...